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Man sought over Melbourne train sex attack

Witnesses are being sought to help track down a man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman on a Melbourne train in May.

A 49-year-old woman was assaulted, even after trying to move away from her attacker, on the city bound train she took from Thornbury on May 16, police said.

Detectives have set up an information caravan at Thornbury Railway Station on Wednesday until 11am and released images of a man who is described as being of Islander or Asian appearance, 20-to-25-years-old, about 160cm tall, of slim build and with a thin moustache.

He was wearing a navy New York Yankees baseball cap, navy baseball style jacket with white sleeves and beige pants.